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Indonesia 1939-1942: prelude to the Japanese occupation

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posted on 2025-05-09, 12:30 authored by Shigeru Sato
In the conventional historiography of Indonesia, the Second World War is equated with the Japanese occupation, and 1942 is a year of sudden change. This article argues that there was a prelude to these conditions. Changes in the global economic structure due to the Second World War, and countermeasures by the state authorities, began well before the Japanese invasion. The fundamental problem was the gradually deepening economic isolation that necessitated state intervention.

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Journal title

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

Volume

37

Issue

2

Pagination

225-248

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Language

  • en, English

College/Research Centre

Faculty of Education and Arts

School

School of Humanities and Social Science

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Copyright © 2006 The National University of Singapore. Published by Cambridge University Press.

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